SOLUTION: two cars start moving from the same point. one travels south at 80 mi/hr and the other travels west at 88 ft/sec how far apart (in miles) are the two cars two hours late?

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Question 793964: two cars start moving from the same point. one travels south at 80 mi/hr and the other travels west at 88 ft/sec how far apart (in miles) are the two cars two hours late?
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two cars start moving from the same point. one travels south at 80 mi/hr and the other travels west at 88 ft/sec how far apart (in miles) are the two cars two hours late?
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Use d = r*t to find the distance of each from the starting point.
Then find the hypotenuse of the right triangle.